Check out the April edition of the Previews catalog. Why? Because right there in the Dark Horse section is The Guns of Shadow Valley – oversized – hardcover – collected edition!

Be sure to pre-order a copy (Order Code APR140017) and tell your friends to order their copies too! The book hits stores in August, but Pre-orders are very important, especially to a creator-owned book like ours. So be sure to tell your retailer that you want a copy.

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To make things even easier, you can print out this handy dandy order sheet, fill it out, and hand it straight to your retailer so they’ll be sure to order a copy of the book for you:

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A note to our Kickstarter backers: This does not affect the release of the Kickstarter edition at all. This is a separate edition of the book. You’ll still receive your limited Kickstarter edition of the hardcover in July, along with all the extras.

Our reader Samantha Wikan is participating in a thing called “Inktober” where folks are challenged to do one pen-and-ink drawing per day through the month of October. Samantha chose to do a Guns of Shadow Valley fan page, and we think it’s pretty neat. Check it out! You can click on it to see it full-sized.

As of now, The Guns of Shadow Valley Kickstarter is fully funded! We raised $24,000 in 3 days, which is pretty amazing. We’re stunned at how fast that happened, and incredibly grateful to everyone who pledged, and everyone who helped us spread the word. Thank you!

What this means for us is that The Guns of Shadow Valley will rise again. We’ll get to finish what we started here, and you all get to see the webcomic come back. More on that later.

But it’s not over yet! We still have 27 days to go, so there’s plenty of opportunity to pre-order the book and get some of the other exclusives we have available.

To help us keep climbing, we’ve announced the first set of Stretch Goals for the Kickstarter campaign. Starting with some fun stuff: when we reach $28,000: a sticker, 30,000: a bookmark, and 35,000: a new art print, all custom designed.

First up are the stickers. There are 6 Wanted poster designs, each for a different character. One random sticker will be included with every book order over $30. The sticker design looks like this: